To strengthen transparency and improve science in the EPO tropical tuna fishery, the Ecuadorian non-profit organization TUNACONS is cooperating with the Global Fishing Watch (GFW). All eight...
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UK Hospital Staff Slams Poor Quality Tuna Sammies
Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust in the UK has come under fire for the poor quality of food served in its canteen. 'Pathetic' tuna sandwiches and soggy chips served at NHS canteens...
US Businesses Want Trade Data Used To Trace Labor Abuses To Be Hidden
A large group of US businesses is calling for the government to hide key import data to avoid investigation of their sources. Trade experts say it would make it harder for Americans to link...
Loblaw Freezes Canned Tuna Prices
Canadian grocery chain Loblaw has announced a price freeze on its "No Name" brand tuna products, along wirh about 1,500 other items under the same trademark to keep household essentials...
SIAL Visitors Facing Transportation Chaos
Visitors at SIAL, the largest exhibition dedicated to the food industry in Europe, are having problems getting to the venue Villepinte in Paris. The bi-annual event is being held after a...
Bolton Partners With WWF In Ambitious Goal
Bolton has the ambition to become “the most sustainable and responsible tuna company for the world.” That is how Luciano Pirovano, Global Sustainable Development Director at Bolton...
Manta Skipjack Price Settles At 5-Year High
The entire EPO purse seiner fleet is again out fishing at full capacity as the first IATTC veda ended last week. This high level of activity will last for only a couple of weeks as the second...
Thai Union Offers IPO Shares Under Preferential Rights
The IPO for Thai Union’s pet food subsidiary i-Tail Corporation Plc. (ITC) was approved by the Thai Office of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on September 20. Today, the organization...
Mothers Of Malaysia Choose Ayam Brand Tuna Best Of 2022
Ayam Brand canned tuna has been voted Best Canned Food by the Motherhood Choice Awards 2022. The recipient is dubbed to be the best as voted by mums for mums. The award tested the nominated...
Indonesian Processors Increase Grip On Italian Loins Market
Italian canners increased their pre-cooked tuna loins import in the first half of the year and absorbed 27 percent of the EU loins import at 109,310 M/T. Whereas the total EU...
Buyers Want Supreme Court To Toss Out StarKist’s Class Review
US tuna buyers have urged the US Supreme Court to throw out StarKist's petition on decertifying classes in the ongoing multi-district litigation (MDL) for price-fixing shelf-stable tuna. In...
Brits Consume Less Seafood But More Tuna
Seafish, the Non-Departmental Public Body in the UK, has released the 2022 update of Seafood in multiple retail sectors. It shows that tuna stands strong against the deep decline of seafood...
Egypt’s Canned Tuna Imports Continue To Grow
Among all the regions in the world, the Middle East (ME) and North Africa (Egypt & Libya) are one of the few areas where canned tuna consumption keeps growing. Consumers buy the product...
Ecuadorian Processors Increased Foothold In Spanish Loins Market
Spanish processors increased their pre-cooked frozen tuna loin intake in the first six months of 2022, narrowly surpassing the pre-COVID volume in 2019. They are increasingly prioritizing...
Thai Tuna Exports To Rise In Major Global Markets In 2022
Thailand’s tuna exports will increase this year and enlarge their share in major markets, according to Narin Niruttinanon, the Vice President of Thai Tuna Industry Association (TTIA) at the...
Readers: No Possibility Of Tuna Trade With Crypto
Atuna asked its readers whether they think tuna will be traded with Crypto. The multi-billion dollar industry is not new to the concept, as several ideas regarding digital assets have been...
Bangkok Tuna Trade Conference Kicks Off
After more than two years of waiting, the biggest conference for the tuna industry, INFOFISH Tuna 2022, began today. Several Ministers of Fisheries gave opening speeches touching on various...
American Demand For Tuna Pouches Soaring
After a very strong start to the year, demand for tuna pouches in the US has kept rising and the business generated USD 144.27 million in H1 2022, just over USD 20 million more than last year....
BB Tuna Protein Snack Recognized By US Retail Sector
Bumble Bee's Protein on the Run Snack Kit has been named one of the best new grocery products in 2022 Editor's Picks segment by Progressive Grocer, an organization which has been reporting...
Pressure From Thai Packers Depresses SKJ1.8:BKK
While Bangkok is preparing for the tuna conference, the downward pressure from canners on the whole round frozen skipjack price is increasing. Since the FAD ban ended on October 1, processors...